Re: reverse lookups [was Re: Release page review / comments, plus HEADS UP to our mirrors.]

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 08:51:49PM -0700, Claus Assmann wrote:
>
> > The (static) IPv4 address of my computer is 63.195.85.27 which maps
> > to adsl-63-195-85-27.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net
> > Forward and reverse lookup match; sendmail will not complain about
> > the mapping (BTW: I'm the sendmail maintainer, so I know a bit about
> > MTAs and anti-spam measures... and as I run the next generation of
> > sendmail on my system I won't use some external "smart host".)
>
>
> You need an in-addr.arpa delegation.  Then you can make the appropriate
> entries in your DNS server.  Unfortunately, I rate the chances of
> pacbell delegating a DSL user a reverse zone about zero.

Nowhere near that high ;-)

Bill